[djmcmath]

Scientific, my arse. Sh---. There's nothing scientific about most of those guesses.

I always liked IHTFP -- I Hate This ****** Place, originally. Of course, senior-types disapproved of this expression, so we started saying "I have truly found paradise," or "I hope there's a ****** parade," or "I have to ****** pee."

The other one I really liked was SLJO -- you see, there's on Junior Officer on the boat who's more junior than all the other junior officers. Any spiffy little job that needs to happen ("Hey, I need a volunteer to sort, index, and file this 1000lb cabinet full of paper!") gets delegated down to the SLJO, one way or another. Unfortunately, you can't put "Special Little Jobs Officer" on your evals, though you can usually use the toilet paper that's given to commemorate your inauguration in the billet.

Ah, the good ol' days....


Dan